Undershirt and similar garment.



M. SALDIN. UNDBBSHIRT AND SIMILAR GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED JULYB, 190B. 910,418, Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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MAX sALnrNroF NEW YORK', N. Y., AssIGNoR To JOHN r-QB'OYCE' AND HARRY a. BoYcE, OoPAR'rNERs coMrosrNG THE 'FIRM or .TOEN n. ROYCE a sON, orl NEW YORK N. Y.

UNDERISHIRT AND SIMILAR GARMENT.

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Patented Jan. 19,1999.

' Application led July 3, 1908. .Serial No., 441,828.

To all -whom it may concern: 'l

Be it known that I, MAX SALDIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn,

city of New York, county of Kings, and State 'of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in -Undershirts and Similar Garments, fully described and represented in the following sp'eciiication and the accompanying drawings, forming a. part of the same. l

This invention relates particularly .to ladies undershirts or vests, but is applicable alsol to other similar underwear, such as union suits and the like,- the object of the invention being to provide an im roved' gar-` nientl of this' class in which t e shoulder pieces or straps-.used for. sup .orting the garlie less lable'to slip off the shouldersthan in suchgarments now inuse, .and which shall be simple and cheap'of manufacture, and attractive in ap pear'ance. v

The improved undershirt or vest is made of a fabric cylinder, open at the'topforthe arms, and with a deep central narrow` V front and back, from the edges of which the shoulder pieces or straps extend so that these straps are center vof the body and ythusare' held from slipping 0H the shoulders.

T e garment may be made by simply cut- -ting o ff the fabriccylinder squarely, or approximately squarely, across the fabric, slitting the fabric centrally to form the V, either with cr without cutting out the material On opposite sidesof the \l, according to the c aracter of the garment and width of o en ing desired, and then finishing the to olP the garment and V and forming the slioulder straps in any suitable manner.

ln the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, the invention is 1 lustrated as applied in its preferred form, a ladies -undershirt or vest ernbodying'the invention being shown in front view, slightly perspective.- v

Referring to the drawing, A `is the body of pllile garment, vformed of a fabric cylinder of it acylinder. At the top,.thebod is open to form arm-holes 10, and has a i l The '.tO'p

brought -well inward toward thel fabric and preferably knit inthe form of eepl central notch, forming a substantiallyll open-ing 11 in front and back between'the wide side portions 12 Aof the body'below the arm-holes 10. of the bodyV and the ed es ofthe V are nished with lace-workl 13, w ich formssa binding for vthe garment edges and also extends vover the shoulders and with the tapes c', b, `c looped through it forms the shoul er pieces or straps B back of the garment portions l2. v

The tapes c, l), as shown, extend around 10 and tie at the front of the shoul er straps, and the tape c e ends about the V opening and inner edgesof the straps B and ties at, the bottom of the V inI liront to form-a draw-stringfor the V. It

will be understood, however, that this arrangementl oft'apes, and-theconstruction of the .shoulder straps-may be varied..

lt vwill be understood that the V-open' L u is spread and drawn up so as to be wider an less deep when the garment is Worn, but the broad body portions 12 below the arm openings l() and the location of the shoulder straps assure such a position and pull on the extending from front to at the outer edges of the -V opening and Vtheinner edges of the body latter that they arenot liable to-slip'oif the shouldersf The V-opening is shown as cut y .to the same depth in the front and back, but

it 'vlvill be understood that this is not essentia 1. An undershirt or similar under-garment formed of a knit fabric cylinder open across the top to form arm openings and having at the `top a narrow central notch extending a considerable distance'into the garment at the front and'back ofthe garment, andshoulder pieces or straps at the junction of the arm l openings and notch and near the middle of the shirt body.

" 2. An undershirt or similar under-garment formed of a one piece knit fabric cylinder open across the top to 'formy'arm openings fand'having at the top a narrowcentral notch,

bindings extending around each arm-opening and over the shoulder, binding 'extending around the central notch and, over the shoulder,A said bindings being combined to form shoulder pieces or straps extendng'over the shoulder from the junction the arm Inlesaimony Whereofg have hereunt set openings and central. noch and neerthe my hand, in "he presence of tw@r subscribing middle of the shirt body, and separate* draw .Witnesses tapesl extendi through the zum opening UMAXvSALDIN. 5 bindings and s oulder straps, and a draw Witnesses: v

tape extending through the central notch J, A. GRAVES,

binding and shoulder straps. PHILIP .IILDEN.l 

